【读圣经学英语】给真理作见证

【读圣经学英语】给真理作见证

约翰福音-John 18章 36~38 节

18:36 耶稣回答说,我的国不属这世界;我的国若属这世界,我的臣仆必要争战,使我不至于被交给犹太人;只是我的国不是来自这里的。
Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My attendants would be struggling so that I would not be delivered to the Jews; but as it is, My kingdom is not from here.
18:37 彼拉多就对祂说,这样,你不是王么?耶稣回答说,你说我是王,我为此而生,也为此来到世间,为要给真理作见证;凡属真理的人,就听我的声音。
Pilate said therefore to Him, So then You are a king? Jesus answered, You say that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, that I would testify to the truth. Every one who is of the truth hears My voice.
18:38 彼拉多对祂说,真理是什么?说了这话,又出来到犹太人那里,对他们说,我查不出祂有什么该定罪的。
Pilate said to Him, What is truth? And having said this, he again went out to the Jews and said to them, I find no fault in Him.

Enlightenment:

When the Lord was brought before Pilate, again it seemed that Pilate judged Him, but eventually He judged Pilate. As we have seen, one of Pilate’s characteristics was his timidity; he feared the Jewish people. He knew that the Lord Jesus was sinless and declared that he could not find anything wrong with Him. But because of his fear of the Jews, he condemned the Lord and sentenced Him to death. This was unfair and unrighteous. When the Lord told Pilate that He had come into the world to “testify to the truth” and that “Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice” (18:37), Pilate said to Him, “What is truth?” (18:38). This indicates that the Lord judged Pilate. In effect, the Lord said, “You are such a high administrator and yet you do not know what truth is. Then you are a false person. You are not true.” After this, Pilate was exposed and put to shame, and stopped judging the Lord. Here we see the darkness of politics.

亮光

当主被带到彼拉多面前时,似乎是彼拉多审判祂,但至终却是主审判彼拉多。我们看过,彼拉多的一个特征就是胆怯,怕犹太百姓。他知道主耶稣是无罪的,也宣告查不出祂有什么错来。但是因他惧怕犹太人,就定了主的罪,判了祂死刑。这是不公不义的。当主告诉彼拉多,祂来到世间『为要给真理作见证,』并且『凡属真理的人,就听我的声音。』(约十八37。)彼拉多对祂说,『真理是什么?』(约十八38。)这指明是主审判彼拉多。实际上主是说,『你是这样一个高级行政长官,却不明白真理是什么,那你就是虚伪的人,你不真诚。』此后,彼拉多被暴露且蒙羞,就不再审判主了。在此,我们看见政治的黑暗。